BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF ROBERT HENRY KIRKWOOD (1868-1920) & MARTHA ELTHERINGTON, (1866-1922), AT 3 BEACH GROVE, WITHERNSEA STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, ON 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 19. HIS BOTH WAS NEVER FOUND AND HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT TWO SISTERS EDITH EMILY & SARAH JANE MEGARHEY, AT THIS ADDRESS.
First name:
JAMES WILLIAM
Military Number:
2690073
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
19
